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...indiscretion. But that did not alter the substance of the story, whose accuracy the White House did not deny. Quite properly, a White House statement said that Nixon had every right to set "antitrust policy." However, the statement asserted that Nixon had only discussed such policy with Kleindienst, rather than ordering any action. It pointed out that the appeal had, in fact, proceeded-but it failed to note that Nixon was threatened with top-level resignations in his Justice Department if he had not changed his mind...
Lenny Baker, the personable rotundity who plays sax and sings tenor for Sha Na Na has been greasing up for pay for almost four years. Yet other than the little dab of Brylcreme before each show, he hasn't had to alter his character to fill his role as the jolly good humor man of the group...
...expert would need in the way of equipment to alter tapes would be a recording studio, two to four quality tape recorders, a variety of auxiliary gadgets and perhaps an echo chamber. First he would listen to the tape over and over again until he felt at home with the speech patterns-voice modulation as well as breathing space. When he was satisfied that he knew the voices as well as his own, he would do the easy part first-simply cutting out certain words or sentences with a razor blade and splicing the tapes together. This would probably constitute...
When the tape is completed, it is recorded on another, unspliced tape. This is done on the original machine, since each recorder leaves its particular markings on tapes. As exacting as open-heart surgery, the process of altering a tape is extremely timeconsuming. It may take as long as an hour to change a word; to alter a one-hour tape could consume a full day. The result of all this fastidious enterprise can be startling. A record is available of one of Nixon's speeches defending his role in Watergate; on the flip side is a doctored version...
During 6 years on the Cambridge School Committee he has led the successful effort to radically alter the local school system...